You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.